Short description Essential reading for an entire generation of scientists: this authoritative survey defines one of the most important new scientific fields to have emerged for many decades. It extends and supplements the spectacularly successful first book by the same editors.
From the contents SELF-ASSEMBLY & NANOPARTICLES - NOVEL PRINCIPLES Self-Assembled Artificial Transmembrane Ion Channels Self-Assembling DNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures Using Bioderived Templates Proteins and Nanoparticles: Covalent and Non-Covalent Conjugates DNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly and Controlled Molecular Transport Biocatalytic Growth of Nanoparticles for Sensors and Circuitry NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ANALYTICS Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Bioassays Luminiscent Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Biology Nanoscale Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors Cantilever Array Sensors for Bioanalysis Scanning Ion Conduction Microscopy Label-Free Nanowire and Nanotube Biomolecular Sensors for In Vitro Diagnostics of Cancer and other Diseases Bionanarrays NANOSTRUCTURES FOR MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS Biological Barriers to Nanocarrier-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutic and Imaging Agents Organic Nanoparticles: Adapting Emerging Techniques from the Electronics Industry for the Generation of Shape-Specific, Functionalized Carriers for Applications in Nanomedicine Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer-Based Multifunctional Nanoparticles Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Micro- and Nanoscale Control of Cellular Environment for Tissue Engineering Diagnostics and Therapeutic Targeted Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles NANOMOTORS Biological Nanomotors Biologically Inspired Hybrid Nanodevices
